[texhax] custom \listoffigures

[Reinhard Kotucha]

>>>>> "ian" == ian lee <ianlee at usc.edu> writes:

  > I need to customize \listoffigures

  > My thesis advisor demands that the list of figures must show only
  > one sentence/phrase per figure. At the same time he demands long
  > captions that completely describes the figure and sometimes how to
  > derive the figure or replicate the experiment.

  > How do I tell LaTex to take only the first sentence of each figure
  > caption for the list of figures?

\caption[first sentence]{first sentence, second sentence, ... }

Regards,
  Reinhard

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